CAYUCAS play The Constellation Room Jan. 10 Photo: Dusdin Condren
California surf rock band, Cayucas, return to The Constellation Room Jan. 10 along side Blood Surfer.
Cayucas revives the sound of what people may say is the indie rock version of The Beach Boys with lyrics about beaches, parties and girls. Concert Guide Live talked with frontman, Zach Yudin about Albert Einstein, tostadas, Paris and more.
CONCERT GUIDE LIVE: What is one unforgettable tour (or tour memory)?
ZACH YUDIN: We ended up driving from Manchester to Paris for what we thought was going to be an overnight trip and it took 14 hours. We had planned on sleeping in the van, but we ended up getting to Paris at 2pm. Our sound check was at 2pm.
After Paris we had to head back to London which was a 10 hour drive. We got to the airport 5 minutes late and had to take a train from London to Liverpool, then take a flight to Barcelona, and arrived at 12pm, and played at Primavera Sound at 5pm. It’s funny because the audience had no idea what we had just been through in the last 24 hours.
CGL: Which band would you say you are most like?
ZY: We don’t have a band that we are really like. A band I would like to be like is The Beach Boys.
CGL: Is there anything you would do differently in your music career?
ZY: There is nothing I would really change, I was always experimenting with different sounds and that’s what “Cayucas” came out of. It all seemed very natural.
CGL: Best advice ever given about music?
ZY: I would always want to do different stuff like play the sitar on stage and my brother told me to just stick to singing, he had a more simplistic approach. Since I haven’t played guitar as much, I have been able to interact with the audience more. At one show I was able to reach out into the audience and hold a girls hand. I couldn’t do that with a guitar.
CGL: What is your favorite food?
ZY: My favorite food is tostadas. I love Mexican food. My mom makes tostadas for my birthday.
CGL: If you were written about in the newspaper, on the front page, what would the headline say?
ZY: “Cayucus rocks the house and leaves fans wondering what happened, the drummer takes off his shirt, leaves fans wanting more”
CGL: What is your favorite song?
ZY: I’m gonna go with a Beatles track, “Strawberry Fields Forever”.
CGL: Whom would you want to do a duet with?
ZY: “Linda Ronstadt” that would be a dream come true.
CGL: If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional. With whom would it be?
ZY: (Laughing) I would like to be someone that the ladies find attractive. I would be Albert Einstein, I would like to know what it is like to see the world through his brain. I would like to know what it’s like to be that intelligent.